If my vacation photos are the 'make or break' for a prospective employer, I can find someone else to work for. Seriously, it's got nothing to do with you. No.
Seriously. School covered the broad strokes, but Polycount and its awesome wiki have helped so much when it comes to understanding the smaller details.
My eyes!!!! the bloom!!!! No but seriously, I find the hardsurface part of the character to be the most well done on the model, rest than that dunno what to say...